Merry Christmas!!!

Christmas morning we woke up to about 2 feet of snow!!! And it is still snowing today !! We had a great Christmas and hope everyone else did too!!!

We were planning on going to a movie before we took Austin home yesterday but the snow had different ideas!! We dug snow for two hours and when I say we I mean Travis and Austin!!!

This Christmas Holiday was great! The first family party was with Travis's family and it was great fun. Santa was there to hear all the fun stuff they wanted. Savannah sat on his lap with her eyes rolling she asked him for a few things. This is so sad I hate that she is growing up! But I am glad we have had a lot of fun Santa stories!!

The next party was the traditional the wagon-horse ride through the lights at Thanksgiving Point!! This year was a lot of fun usually my dad rents the wagon and they charge him per person. This year they just charged one flat price for the whole wagon. So we got to invite some of our friends with us!!

We then spent Christmas eve at Travis's parents. We played games, shared stories, and baked cookies for Santa!!

Feeling More Like Christmas!!

It has snowed for the last 24 hrs and it is still not stopping!!! It isn't a very heavy snow but it has but a good 5 inches down. It makes it feel more like Christmas to me!! I think if it is going so flippin cold we might as well have snow. It makes it look prettier too!! Last night as soon as we got home from showing Grandma & Grandpa Martin Savannah's Cheer award she hurried and changed clothes. So she could help Travis shovel the snow!! She was so excited. I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season!!

Cheer, Cheer, & More Cheer !!

I don't mean Christmas Cheer either!!! We had a weekend full of Competition Cheer! Savannah and her team competed on Saturday and they took 2nd!! Then she competeted on Monday doing her solo and she got 3rd!! It was a great time! Saturday Travis wasn't able to make it so I didn't get many photos, but I did video it. He was able to go on Monday so we got video and photos of that one! Monday Savannah had a friend there from her last school. They hung out and played all day. I got to hang out with her mom Mandy. Mandy and I became friends while I worked at the school for the short 5 months that I was there. That was nice cause Travis didn't wait for awards. So I wasn't there all by myself!! I am still new to the video stuff but I am going to attempt to post the videos. Until then here is some of the photos!

Savannah's Back To School !

For a long two weeks and two days!! Because of the Christmas break she isn't back for very long!

So her first day at her new school was "AMAZING"
"she is friends with more than half of the girls." She only remembered one of there names but hey why do you need to know there names to be friends right?
Her teacher is really nice, what I got from first impression!
She had to call Grandma to tell her all about it and of course her dad!
We were driving home from cheer and she asked me if I missed her and I said " of course I did!"
She just gave a little laugh and said "huh I only felt like I was gone a hour!"
Wow no sympathy from my kid!!
I am so glad she is a trooper.
The maybe 10 min drive round trip did not suck at all! Neither did getting her up at 7:50a.m. and getting there 10 min early. So I think I can get used to this !

Our busy weekend!

On Friday Savannah and I went to my mom's and set up her snowman, or should I say snow giant!! It is over 12 feet tall, Savannah thought it was so awesome and she kept telling everyone about it and that is was 12 feet tall! Later that day Savannah had her first cheer performance of the season, this is one was a parents performance basically just a a glorified dress rehearsal for the competitions coming this weekend and next Monday!! She did awesome! She was invited to do a solo again this year so we are so proud of her!! And of course as I am getting everything ready I could not find any batteries for my camera. I will take plenty this Saturday though!!

Saturday Travis and I had some training to go to and a Christmas party.
Travis and I had a great day. We also won a xbox 360 from the Christmas party so that was great!!
We topped the night off with a little WII bowling and of course I won!! \

Sunday Savannah was ready to cook, so we all went to the store and got stuff to make brownies and cookies. So Travis and Savannah baked the goodies while I cooked steak for dinner. It all turned out great and we ate way to much!! It was a great weekend.

I am being a "Girl" today!!

So after Savannah being home for 4 weeks, she started her new school today! After meeting her new teacher and getting her settled, I went out to my truck and shed a few tears. This morning she came to and said " Mom I am really scared" I said " it is okay by the time first recess is over you will have friends and you won't be scared anymore, just keep a smile on your face and you will do great" she turned around with a smile on her face and said " I can do this!" I could see how nervous she was and it broke my heart but I know she is tough and my day will be a lot longer than hers!

I was reading every ones blogs this morning and clicked on the one I have for my Grandma, and tears just started flowing, they have been building up the last couple of days. It all started because I made pancakes for dinner the other night and had choke cherry syrup on them!! My grandma made the best choke cherry syrup ever! It all ways reminds of the first family reunion Travis went to and she offered him some and he just turned and gave the look " oh how gross" but of course he couldn't tell her no. So he let her pour some on his pancakes. The first bite, before even swallowing he turned with a smile on his face, and said "oh my gosh this is the best syrup I have ever had". The next night was the auction and she had made some syrup and of course Travis had to buy it! I think it was just a little pint jar and he paid $15.00 for it! With the holidays coming everything starts to remind me of her. And of course typing this all up brings tears to my eyes so I am having a "Girl" moment!!